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Fans work to protect Michael Jackson's name on trial's eve
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor has already limited what information Murray's defense attorneys can introduce about Jackson during the trial, excluding any details from the singer's 2005 child molestation trial, which ended in acquittal,
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:26P
Fans work to protect Michael Jackson's name on trial's eve
Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor has already limited what information Murray's defense attorneys can introduce about Jackson during the trial, excluding any details from the singer's 2005 child molestation trial, which ended in acquittal,
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:26P
ICC Opens Hearing Against 3 Prominent Kenyans
Judges at The Hague must decide if there is enough evidence to send them to trial. Prosecutors say Kenyatta and Muthaura indirectly orchestrated violence that swept Kenya after a disputed presidential poll in late 2007.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:26P
Gryphon Hosts Webinar Series on the New Canadian Anti-Spam Law and the Impact
of its three-part webinar series focused on marketing compliance with Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL), formerly known as C 28 and the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA), designed to limit marketing activities to consumers without consent.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:24P
South African Gold Miners Sue Britain's Anglo American
Lawyers representing 450 South African miners filed the lawsuit in Britain's High Court on Wednesday. The law firm Leigh Day & Company says its clients contracted silicosis or silico-tuberculosis because they were exposed to excessive amounts of dust
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:24P
Prof Kuenyehia: Rule Of Law: Bedrock Of Democratic Development
Professor Akua Kuenyehia, Judge of the Appeals Division at the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Tuesday said the principle of rule of law must be the bedrock of all democratic governance systems to ensure criminal accountability.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:24P
Family of hockey scout settles 9/11 lawsuit, claiming judge's rulings "gutted
Even after settling what had been the last wrongful death lawsuit against the airlines over the Sept. 11 attacks, the family of Mark Bavis warned on Wednesday that neither those companies, nor government
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:24P
Freedom likely for Mexico's 'Twitter Terrorists'
Twitter) said the charges against Martinez, a math teacher, and Bravo, a radio commentator, would be dropped (link in Spanish). Their lawyer, Fidel Ordonez, said he expected the pair to be free by the end of the day. Duarte may have found it especially
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:24P
First Nations suing Ottawa, Manitoba and Manitoba Hydro over spring flooding
Peguis First Nation and Ebb and Flow First Nation both filed lawsuits last week. The two allege that water diversion techniques used during this spring's flood caused unnecessary flooding of their reserve, as well as their traditional lands.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:23P
TIMELINE-Former French president Chirac
Nov 2009 - Chirac says he is ready to appear in court over the accusations of embezzlement and is determined to clear his name. March 2011 - A French court postpones the Chirac trial while it seeks advice on a technical challenge.
Updated: 09/21/2011 02:23P